From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from oss.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g46JExwJ028153 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 12:14:59 -0700 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g46JEwBZ028152 for linux-mips-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 2002 12:14:58 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: oss.sgi.com: majordomo set sender to owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com using -f Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with SMTP id g46JEswJ028142 for ; Mon, 6 May 2002 12:14:55 -0700 Received: from ocean.lucon.org ([12.234.143.38]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020506191608.VMEB9799.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@ocean.lucon.org>; Mon, 6 May 2002 19:16:08 +0000 Received: by ocean.lucon.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0BBBB125C0; Mon, 6 May 2002 12:16:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 12:16:06 -0700 From: "H . J . Lu" To: "Kevin D. Kissell" Cc: Kjeld Borch Egevang , linux-mips mailing list Subject: Re: zsh on console Message-ID: <20020506121606.B28872@lucon.org> References: <01db01c1f4fd$94f6ccb0$10eca8c0@grendel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <01db01c1f4fd$94f6ccb0$10eca8c0@grendel>; from kevink@mips.com on Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:57:28PM +0200 Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 02:57:28PM +0200, Kevin D. Kissell wrote: > > When I run zsh on the console (serial interface) the process hangs. I can > > login with /bin/bash, but when I start /bin/zsh it waits forever. I can > > interrupt the process and regain control. > > > > It's only related to the console. If I login with telnet it works just > > fine. > > > > Any idea, what could be wrong? > > I don't know what it would be specifically, but having > dealt with similar problems on other Unix systems, > it's proably the case that zsh uses a particular tty > mode that isn't correctly supported by the serial > console driver, either due to a bug in the driver or > due to a conflict with some other feature enabled > on the console port. The next step to take would > be to run "stty -all" under /bin/bash and under > /bin/zsh on a telnet session, and compare the > outputs. That sounds like a zsh bug I fixed. Please try zsh 3.0.8-8.1 in my RedHat 7.1 port and let me know if it doesn't work for you. H.J.